The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 2191
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
9:34 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3326
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 334.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 08m / 28.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.69° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.43° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.